Re: distributed compilation

Bill Hoffman <[email protected]> Fri, 30 May 2008 11:55:06 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.make.windows
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Fabrice GIRARDOT wrote:
> 
> Marc Harbonne wrote :
> 
>> Does the option make â€“j can improve the compilation time ?
> 
> Yes. On a Core2 Duo @ 2.13 GHz running Win2k with "only"
> 1 GB RAM, "make -j8" is about 40% than "make".
> 
> The "8" value was determined by differents tries.
> You'll have to find with value best fit your system
> (CPUs not under-loaded, and OS not over-loaded).
> 
> Regards.
> 
What shell/make are you using for windows and -j ?

Thanks.


-Bill